SUBJECT SPECIFIC RESOURCES: Business Education (GCSE and BTEC), Law, Enterprise Education and BTEC Public Services. TEACHING TOOLS: Formative Assessment Strategies, Classroom Management Strategies, Classroom Posters and Student Hall Pass
SUBJECT SPECIFIC RESOURCES: Business Education (GCSE and BTEC), Law, Enterprise Education and BTEC Public Services. TEACHING TOOLS: Formative Assessment Strategies, Classroom Management Strategies, Classroom Posters and Student Hall Pass
A class behaviour contract in the form of a certificate with space for 5 'terms of contract' based on behaviour. Can be used for form groups, subject classes or small intervention type groups. Can be promoted in the classroom as a poster and referred to on an 'as required' basis.
A resource designed to give Year 8 students if GCSE is going to be taught over 3 years or Y9 students if taught over 2 years a 'taste' of the subject and promote the subject in readiness for GCSE choices. For Edexcel GCSE Business Studies (2BS01) for first certification in 2014.
A resource that can be used on Enterprise and extra curricular days or as part of subjects like BTEC Public Services. Students are split into teams and each group has a leader to communicate with their group (who are blindfolded) through the minefield. Whichever group gets through the minefield first is the winner - activity is timed. Time however, is deducted for every 'mine' stepped on. So the initial winning team may not be not be after all.
A Year 7 enterprise day activity. Students have to research the history of flagship London stores and create a tourist guide. A selection of 6 London stores are given to choose from, hints on how to research, what facts to include and how to present the guide. Challenge activity is also on the resource.
Created for Edexcel GCSE Business Studies (2BS01) for first certification in 2014. Resource contains all key terms covered in Unit 1 Introduction to Small Business and Unit 2 Investigating Small Business. Can be used as a student exercise book insert to refer, as revision of key definitions or as a classroom poster.
Context of lesson: Pricing strategies (premium pricing, penetration pricing, economy pricing, price skimming, psychological pricing, captive product pricing, product line pricing).
LO1 All: To know the pricing strategy concepts (premium pricing, penetration pricing, economy pricing, price skimming, psychological pricing, captive product pricing, product line pricing)
LO2 Most: To be able to give examples of how businesses may use the pricing strategies
LO3 Some: To understand why businesses may use them
A highly visual and informative classroom poster for Edexcel GCSE Business Studies (2BS01) for first certification in 2014 detailing the 'DADDDO Burger' exam technique for answering long answer questions in Unit 3 Building a Business. DADDDO stands for Define, Agree/Disagree or Advantages/Disadvantages, Decision and Depends On, with helpful hints on how to structure answers.
Created for AQA GCSE Law for certification June 2014 onwards. Resource contains all key terms covered in Unit 1 The English Legal System (41601) and Unit 2 Law in Action (41602). Can be used as a student exercise book insert to refer, as revision of key definitions or as a classroom poster.
Designed for Edexcel GCSE Business Studies (2BS01) for first certification in 2014. The two documents are meant to be printed as an A5 or A4 booklet. 'DADDDO Burger' exam technique is the front cover detailing crux of the strategy: Define, Agree/Disagree or Advantages/Disadvantages, Decision and Depends On. Then PowerPoint gives success criteria and helpful sentence starters for key technique on Knowledge, Application, Analysis and Evaluation. Can be used to support students in answering questions from Unit 3 Building a Business.
Designed to engage students with as much Business Education elements as possible. LO is 'To be able to describe and explain the various elements to planning the opening of a new pop up retail store'. These elements are: logos, mission statements, sectors of industry, chain of production, people in business, recruitment, organisational charts, sales revenue, costs, profit and loss, contingency planning, methods of production, future success an retail floor planning. Can be used to review learning at the end of a unit of work. The more that students work through the resource, the more challenging the topics become.
A quick but quality formative assessment sheet, can be printed on coloured paper to make formative assessment explicit in student books for students, observers and OFSTED alike. Can also be used for peer and self assessment. Originally created based on Business Education learning but can be easily adapted for any subject that requires lengthy essay answers.
A small A4 wide classwork and homework formative assessment book marking feedback slip designed to instigate teacher feedback and student responses to feedback to show books as more of a 'learner journey' rather than just for revision/key knowledge notes. The slips can be photocopied onto coloured paper so that marking becomes ultra explicit to students, observers and OFSTED alike. Teacher simply circles appropriate heading, writes a deadline for improvements and puts a star* in students work where they need to correct with a helpful prompt and then recommends an improvement point or challenge activity to extend student learning further. Can also be used for peer and self assessment.
A simple, but effective student toilet and IT support pass so that students wondering school corridors can be checked that they have a genuine reason to be out of lesson.
Muddy Boots Foods Limited featured on BBC One's programme 'High Street Dreams' - their story inspired a Homework/Home Learning Project that could be set at KS3 or KS4/GCSE Business Studies.